Gyirong Town (Tibetan: སྐྱིད་གྲོང་; simplified Chinese: 吉隆镇; traditional Chinese: 吉隆鎮; pinyin: Jílóng zhèn; Nepali: केरुङ), also referred to as Kyirong or Kerung, is situated in the southern part of Gyirong County in the Tibet Autonomous Region, China. The town is situated on the east bank of Gyirong River (Gyirong Zangbo), a tributary of the Trishuli River with an elevation of about 2,700 metres (8,900 ft). It has a subtropical mountain monsoon climate, with reasonable precipitation and warm weather, unusual for Tibet.